Originally Posted by orb_queen

Lyprith, so even though the guy that rapes little kids doesn't perceive himself as evil doesn't mean that he's not evil. what if he did perceive this image of himself and he knows what he's doing is wrong does that make him evil? if not what does that indeed make him? like Al said "the only evil is ignorance" so he wouldn't be ignorant on his actions. just because a dog doesn't perceive himself to be a dog doesn't mean that he isn't a dog puppylove . I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder! eyeball


Like i said, my view of things has usually gotten me into trouble when i expressed them.
There is a difference to seeing an action as being Wrong and seeing it as Evil. Ultimately a Pedophile could observe his actions as wrong, but he would try to list off his good qualities before he'd label himself Evil, "What i've done is very wrong, but i give to charities, i do some good things, so i can't be an Evil person." Even if a Psdophile were to think of themself as Evil, there would be many other pedophiles who would not see them as Evil. It's Human nature to try and redeem oneself from their actions, to lessen blame.

For an example, say a world of people had a peice of land in their world, they all say "Anyone who stands on the land is an Evil person" There is no one to say otherwise, so it must be truth, until one single person stands on the peice of land and says, "I am standing on this land, and i am not Evil." Suddenly there is another side, another opinion to contest the first.
I'm not saying that there is not Right and Wrong according to my own morals. But i'm always aware that for every story there are multiple sides.

Physically being a Dog is a completely different concept. You can't Physically BE Evil, it's all in the mind. You can't look at a Person and think "Well he's Evil because he/she looks that way."